Events & Meetings

On October 21, Minsk hosted a mourning march and meeting dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the destruction of the Minsk Ghetto. The events were attended by representatives of international and foreign Jewish associations and communities, religious organisations, Belarusian officials and foreign diplomats...

The EJC will host a special event promoting tolerance in the EU Parliament in Brussels on Monday, 10 November 2008...

On September 16, the Executive meeting of the European Jewish Congress, chaired by President Moshe Kantor, took place in Brussels. The EJC President addressed the Executive with a progress report on the preparation of the upcoming Kristallnacht commemoration. On November 9, a memorial service will take place at the Great Synagogue of Europe in Brussels, Belgium...

European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor held a working meeting with the PACE President Lluis Maria de Puig to discuss a wide range of issues of European significance...

During the Executive meeting of the European Jewish Congress which convened on May 28th 2008, EJC President Moshe Kantor announced the launch of the new European Forum of Tolerance: The Council of Europe's Civil Society Representatives (CECSR).

Israeli President Shimon Peres thanked Russian Jews for their contribution to the creation and development of this country. In turn, Moshe Kantor, President of the Russian and European Jewish Congresses, called on Jews to remember that the creation of the State of Israel “was the compensation paid by humanity for tolerating the Holocaust.”